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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

249 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009



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SHANNON MO-DENT MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-

249 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR

DENT...HOWELL...OREGON AND SHANNON COUNTIES...



AT 246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. 

THIS WILL RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE 

MIDNIGHT HAVE RANGED FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. 



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LAT...LON 3708 9122 3683 9122 3682 9112 3649 9114

      3649 9212 3705 9209 3705 9167 3742 9165

      3742 9176 3778 9182 3778 9132 3770 9132

      3769 9116 3759 9117 3759 9132 3751 9132

      3750 9122 3720 9114 3714 9102 3710 9103



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